Sedacthy Speaker
Level 6Attacks
Abilities
A sedacthy speaking Thalassic can be understood by any animal that has a swim Speed or the amphibious or aquatic trait. By spending a week regularly interacting with such an animal, the sedacthy can make it permanently helpful.
This sense allows a monster to feel vibrations caused by movement through a liquid. It's an imprecise sense with a limited range (listed in the ability). Wavesense functions only if monster and the subject are in the same body of liquid, and only if the subject is moving through the liquid.
Requirements The sedacthy speaker has cover from an animal ally
The animal takes the damage instead.
Requirements The sedacthy speaker is adjacent to a Large or larger animal ally
The speaker gains cover until the start of their next turn or when they're no longer adjacent to the animal, whichever comes first.
The speaker's Strikes deal 1d6 additional damage to creatures that are Frightened or Sickened.
The sedacthy shrieks across a range of painfully high tones, dealing 3d6 sonic damage and 1d6 mental damage to all creatures in a 30-foot cone, with a DC 23 fortitude save. A creature that fails its save is Sickened 1.
The sedacthy makes a jaws Strike. If it hits, an ally of their choice can spend a reaction to make a jaws Strike against the same target. Allies with beaks or similar attacks can use those instead of jaws.
Requirements The speaker is adjacent to an animal ally
The speaker and the animal both Swim, ending their movement adjacent to one another.
Description
High-ranking sedacthies are expected to both plan campaigns and wade into battle. These speakers achieve their rank by accumulating several large servants or a single massive creature like a megalodon.
Sedacthies are amphibious, fish-like humanoids who lurk in Golarion's oceans and are known for leading their animal servants ashore to devour air breathers. When an entire fishing village disappears overnight, sedacthies are the first suspects. Sedacthies pride themselves as natural leaders, with ambition limited only by their strict adherence to hierarchy. A sedacthy's station is determined by the strength of the animal servants they press into service, and the mettle they prove during hunts and in battles against outsiders.